Loom



E. B. STOTT Dec. 3, 1929.

LOOM

Filed Dec. 1, 1928 INVENTOR.

A ToRNE YSf Patented Dec. 3, 1929 UNETED STATES PATENT OFFEQE EMMA B. STO'IT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS LOOM Application filed December 1, 1928. Serial No. 322,998.

This invention relates to loom frames and more particularly to hand weaving loom frames such as are used schools and kindergartens.

One object of the invention is to provide a simple hand weaving loom frame with knock-down characteristics so that it can be easily assembled and disassembled and which, when disassembled, can be conveniently packed away in a minimum space for the urposes of shipping or storing.

Another object is to provide a loom frame of the above character which by reason of its novel construction is adapted to be easily adjusted to form weaving loom frames of various dimensions.

Further objects and advantages will appear from the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of my improved loom frame in full size assembled position;

Fig. 2 is another perspective view showing the loom frame assembled differently than shown in Fig. 1 and so as to illustrate how it may be adjusted for weaving smaller articles. This view also shows the arrangement of locking the members;

Fig. 3 is a side view of frame; and

Fig. f is a cross sectional view taken on the line 44i of Fig. 8.

Referring to the drawings, my improved loom frame consists of the four members or bars 1, 2, 3 and l, preferably constructed of wood, each of which is provided intermediate its ends with a series of slots 5 on the top edge thereof. The depth of the slots 5 is preferably approximately one half the height of the member and they are of such width'and so spaced as to provide anchoring posts 6 around which the warp and weft threads are wound when the members are assembled together for weaving purposes as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. These slots 5 also provide means by which the members are locked together, as will be hereinafter described.

Adjacent each end of each member, I further provide the notches 7 and grooves 8. The notches 7 are cut out from the bottom edge of one member of the in elementary grade each member or opposite to the edge from which the slots 5 are cut and are slightly greater in width than the thickness of the member. The depth of the notches 7 is approximately one-half the height of the member and registering with the notches 7 on each side of the member are the grooves 8. The grooves 8 provide in connection with the notch 7 at each end of the member a reduced portion or web 9 (see Fig. 4:) which is of a thickness slightly less than the width of the slots 5.

In assembling the members together, as shown in Fig. 1, whereby a loom frame of full size is formed, I preferably fit the reduced portions or webs 9 on each end of the members 1 and 3 into the outermost slots 5 on the members 2 and L. By reason of the construction of the slots 5 and notches 7, the grooves 8 and reduced portions 9, the members are locked together in assembled position but are easily disassembled when desired to take the frame apart for storing it or forming a frame of smaller dimensions. Of course, it will be readily seen that to ing one of the dimensions smaller, it will be only necessary to remove one member (such as 3 in Fig. 1) and fit its end notches 7, grooves 8 and reduced portions 9 into intermediate slots 5 on the adjacent members (such as 2 and 4 in Fig. 1.)

In order to form a frame having bot-h dimensions smaller (such as is shown in Fig. 2) the end notch 7, grooves 8 and reduced portion 9 of only one end of each member is used, these portions fitting into an intermediate slot 5 of the member next adjacent, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a loom frame of extreme simplicity of construction and effective operation with an adjustable feature which assures a much wider range of usefulness than is available with any other hand loom frame for household and school use.

hat I claim is:

1. A loom frame comprising separate members, each having a plurality of spaced slots on one edge intermediate the ends thereof, a notch on the opposite edge at each 1,2, 3 and form a frame hav of the end of said members, and grooves on each side of said members registering with said end notches, the end notch and grooves of one member being adapted for engagement With one of the spaced slots of one of the other members to form frames of Various sizes.

2. A hand weaving loom frame comprising four identically formed frame bars of recs.

tangular cross section, each bar having adjacent each end a notch extending transversely of the bar from the same edge, said notch the bar in line with said notch but of less.

thickness, each bar having along the edge opposite to said notches a series of thread anchoring posts of a length about equal to said Web and separated by distances between whereby the Web at the end of any single bar may be positioned between any two of the posts in any other-bar and the opposite edges of the bars in which said notches are brought into the same plane for-loom-frame purposes. 3. In a hand weaving loom, a side bar having adjacent each end a notch transversely of the bar and extending from the same edge and a series of slots extending inwardly on the other edge of the bar parallel to said notch, a groove on each side of the bar in line whereby a central web is formed adjacent each end'of the bar, said web being of a thickness about equal to the width of each of said series-0f slots and about same length. In testimony whereof I have alfixed my signature.

EMMA B. STOTT. 

